From 98fc7cd489da3b1bb8ddc0e095bf4d7719371374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Verkhovsky <alexey.verkhovsky@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:31:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use plural retrospectives in previous retro search
 instructions

The glob pattern can match multiple retrospective files for the same
epic (e.g., partial mid-sprint retro and full completion retro). Use
plural "retrospectives" to make clear the LLM should load all matches.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../4-implementation/retrospective/instructions.md        | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/retrospective/instructions.md b/src/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/retrospective/instructions.md
index 06ee7c68b..018ef6ee3 100644
--- a/src/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/retrospective/instructions.md
+++ b/src/bmm/workflows/4-implementation/retrospective/instructions.md
@@ -262,14 +262,14 @@ Bob (Scrum Master): "We'll get to all of it. But first, let me load the previous
 <action>Calculate previous epic number: {{prev_epic_num}} = {{epic_number}} - 1</action>
 
 <check if="{{prev_epic_num}} >= 1">
-  <action>Search for previous retrospective using pattern: {implementation_artifacts}/epic-{{prev_epic_num}}-retro-*.md</action>
+  <action>Search for previous retrospectives using pattern: {implementation_artifacts}/epic-{{prev_epic_num}}-retro-*.md</action>
 
-  <check if="previous retro found">
+  <check if="previous retrospectives found">
     <output>
-Bob (Scrum Master): "I found our retrospective from Epic {{prev_epic_num}}. Let me see what we committed to back then..."
+Bob (Scrum Master): "I found our retrospectives from Epic {{prev_epic_num}}. Let me see what we committed to back then..."
     </output>
 
-    <action>Read the complete previous retrospective file</action>
+    <action>Read the previous retrospectives</action>
 
     <action>Extract key elements:</action>
     - **Action items committed**: What did the team agree to improve?